NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail

CLIFTON (AP)  The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his uncle.

The Record newspaper reports 45-year-old Georgios Spyropoulos posted the $600,000 bond on Tuesday. Hell remain under house arrest in Clifton and must wear a monitoring bracelet.

Spyropoulos has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful possession of a weapon.

State police said an informant told them Spyropoulos was searching for a hitman to torture and kill his boss, Alexandros Sgourdos. Authorities allege Spyropoulos believed Sgourdos was withholding profits and was keeping a large amount of cash in a safe.